American History 4/25/2003

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American History 4/25/2003

• Todays Topics
• Early Colonies
• Roots of American Revolution
• Fighting for Independence

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13 Colonies

• 1607 Virginia
• 1620 Massachusetts
• 1626 New York
• 1633 Maryland
• 1636 Rhode Island
• 1636 Connecticut
• 1638 New Hampshire

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13 Colonies

• 1653 North Carolina
• 1663 South Carolina
• 1664 New Jersey
• 1682 Pennsylvania
• 1732 Georgia

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Frontier

• Frontier the border between European settlement
  and homelands of native Americans
• Frontier Life tough, independent, self-reliant

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Roots of Revolution

• France vs. Britain
• France owned Canada and Louisiana.
• Britain owned the 13 colonies.

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Roots of Revolution

• 1763
• British and American colonial forces defeated
  France.
• 1763
• The English King, George III issued a
  proclamation.

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1764 The Sugar Act

• The British government placed tariffs on
• sugar, coffee,wines, and other products
• imported into America.
• No taxation without representation

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1765 The Stamp Act

• The British government set stiff tariffs on
• virtually every kind of printed matter
• - newspapers, legal documents, playing cards
• The protests from American grew louder.

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1770 The Boston Massacre

• 5 workers were shot to death by British soldiers
  in Boston.

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Boston Massacre
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Boston Massacre
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Boston Massacre
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1773 The Boston Tea Party

• About 150 men boarded 3 British ships and threw
  tea into the sea.
• Samuel Adams, John Hancock,
• The Sons of Liberty colonists who protested the
  new tax plan

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Boston Tea Party
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1774 First Continental Congress

• 56 delegates from every colony but Georgia
• (Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, )

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Second Continental Congress

• The congress began to act as an American National
  government
• In Lexington, MA, 8 minutemen were killed by
  British soldiers. the beginning of American war
  of Independence

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Declaration of Independence

• This document was written by Thomas Jefferson
• all men were created equal.

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1778 Support from France

• The French king signed an alliance with the
  Americans

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1783 Treaty of Paris

• Britain officially declared a formal end to
  hostilities in America
• The Treaty of Paris was signed, formally ending
  the war

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Thats all for today.

• Have a nice weekend!